story: CHAPTER XXVII 
  
  WHAT ELSA SAW IN THE MOONLIGHT 
  
  It will be remembered that some weeks before Elsa's forced marriage in the Red Mill, Foy, on their escape from the Gevangenhuis, had been carried upon the naked back of Martin to the shelter of Mother Martha's lair in the Haarlemer Meer. Here he lay sick many days, for the sword cut in his thigh festered so badly that at one time his life was threatened by gangrene, but, in the end, his own strength and healthy constitution, helped with Martha's simples, cured him. So soon as he was strong again, accompanied by Martin, he travelled into Leyden, which now it was safe enough for him to visit, since the Spaniards were driven from the town. 
  
  How his young heart swelled as, still limping a little and somewhat pale from recent illness, he approached the well-known house in the Bree Straat, the home that sheltered his mother and his love. Presently he would see them again, for the news had been brought to him that Lysbeth was out of danger and Elsa must still be nursing her. 
  
  Lysbeth he found indeed, turned into an old woman by grief and sore sickness, but Elsa he did not find. She had vanished. On the previous night she had gone out to take the air, and returned no more. What had become of her none could say. All the town talked of it, and his mother was half-crazed with anxiety and fear, fear of the worst. 
questions: who was carried?
questions: on what?
questions: where to?
questions: what event was this prior to?
questions: where?
questions: how long before?
questions: what were they esaping?
questions: where was the lair?
questions: who was ill?
questions: for how long?
questions: why?
questions: was it serious?
questions: how bad?
questions: did he get better?
questions: how?
questions: where was he travelling to?
questions: why was it now safe?
answers: Foy
answers: Foy, on their escape from the Gevangenhuis, had been carried
answers: the naked back of Martin
answers:  carried upon the naked back of Martin
answers: the shelter of Mother Martha's lair
answers: back of Martin to the shelter of Mother Martha's lair 
answers: Elsa's forced marriage
answers: some weeks before Elsa's forced marriage
answers: the Red Mill
answers:  forced marriage in the Red Mill,
answers: some weeks
answers:  that some weeks before
answers: the Gevangenhuis
answers: on their escape from the Gevangenhuis
answers: the Haarlemer Meer.
answers: lair in the Haarlemer Meer.
answers: Foy
answers: Here he lay sick many days,
answers: many days
answers: Here he lay sick many days
answers: the sword cut in his thigh
answers: for the sword cut in his thigh
answers: yes
answers:  so badly that at one time his life was threatened by gangrene
answers: his life was threatened by gangrene
answers: so badly that at one time his life was threatened by gangrene
answers: yes
answers: cured him
answers: his own strength and healthy constitution, helped with Martha's simples
answers:  his own strength and healthy constitution, helped with Martha's simples
answers: Leyden
answers: he travelled into Leyden
answers: the Spaniards were driven from the town
answers:  safe enough for him to visit, since the Spaniards were driven from the town. 